The band exclusively premieres new song “wave” on NYLON.
was born out of spontaneity. In 2019, songwriters and then-SUNY Purchase students PJ Hunter and Leo Frampton joined forces to play a last-minute “experimental pop” show together with flutes, a loop pedal, Casio beats, as salamander’s inagural show. In 2021, drummer Ben Verde was added to the group. And since then, the spirit of playful improvisation and on-the-fly creativity streaks through the trio’s rockish-popish compositions, erring between jam-band and mad scientists in a studio.
“God psychically spoke to PJ in band practice and PJ began monologizing about water over looping guitar improvisation, while I started screaming my melody instead of singing it near the end,” Frampton tells NYLON. “We got in the studio withsing and harmonize over my vocals, making them sound considerably better. We want this song to bring peace to our listeners as well as a sense of urgency. Please be happy, but not too happy.
Below, salamander shares its amusing music video made from spliced live show footage, stock clips, and inside political jokes. Read on to learn more about salamander.: It’s Thursday morning at 8:57 am. I’m sitting in my kitchen looking out my window at the Verrazzano Bridge in the distance. The sky above me is clear blue, but there’s some haze to the south.on the TV. It’s the episode where Bobby accidentally makes meth at a science fair.
HUNTER: We met at college. We used A.I. to cheat on every test. We got away with it too. It was a successful rite of passage. We didn’t learn anything. Now we’re venture capitalists.FRAMPTON: For me definitely the “ride” single-release show at Sundown Bar. Our friend Matthew Danger Lippman hosted the show as Matthew “Safety” Lippman, a youth pastor and rapper who was trying to make weed illegal.
HUNTER: My favorite show we've played this year was in Kingston, N.Y. We played in an abandoned bar on the corner. The city later prohibited the community from repurposing the space as an arts venue. It seems like no one likes art. It's a travesty. The Insurance Man is Winning. Anyways, we played with this group called GUSHY. It was their third show and they're so cool. They immediately blew out a subwoofer.
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